Pork-Barrel Madness 2019

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March 11, 2019 - 11:41 — admin

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) presents its 2019 Pork-Barrel Madness bracket in honor of the NCAA tournament. The bracket features 32 of the worst pork-barrel earmarks of all time. Taxpayers will be able to vote on CAGW’s Twitter account @GovWaste. Voting on the first-round matchups begins on March 11 and the tournament will end on April 1.

PigFoot Region:

1. Bridge to Nowhere - The $223 million Gravina Island Bridge would have connected the Alaska mainland to an island of only 50 people.

2. Sparta Teapot Museum - $500,000 for construction of a Teapot Museum in Sparta, North Carolina.

3. Swine research - $400,000 for manure management research at the National Swine Research Center.

4. Pleasure Beach water taxi - $1.9 million for the Pleasure Beach water taxi service to a beach that patrons could already reach by foot.